A 56-year-old carer who "destroyed an 88-year-old's trust in everyone" has been jailed for two years.

Gillian Hornsby, of Boleyn Way, Boreham , admitted to stealing £23,648.88 from Joan Baverstock, who she cared for, at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on March 29.

Hornsby even used some of the cash she stole from Mrs Baverstock, of Cleves Court in Boreham, to pay a court fine for her own son.

Yesterday (May 4), she appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court for sentencing.

At a previous hearing, the court heard that Mrs Baverstock had accumulated the significant sum with her husband while he was alive to help pay for better care, as well as hoping to leave cash for her family.